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John McCoy in Spanish American War uniform.(He was a Rough Rider.) Identified for Library by his son, George McCoy, in 1978.

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Date: 1898

1 image

Date: 1898

Subjects: McCoy, John

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w vertical

ID: 421

Collection: Photographs

Images

Congressional Gold Medal of Honor presented to Sierra Madre Nisei soldier Shoso Nomura, age 93. It has been 68 years since Nomura served as a Japanese-American intelligence officer for the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born on Lucky Baldwin's daughter Anita Baldwin's ranch (corner of Foothill Boulevard and Double Drive--known today as Santa Anita Avenue).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 1, 2012

Pages: p. 1, 6

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 1, 2012

Pages: p. 1, 6

Subjects: Kunihiro, Mitsuo; Nomura, Shoso; World War II

Item ID: 33052AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Frank McCoy (1869-1935) pictured in bust-length studio photograph. He has a hat on with brim turned up all the way around. Identified for library by George McCoy in 1978. No other circumstances known.

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Date: c.1880's

1 image

Date: c.1880's

Subjects: McCoy, Frank

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 422

Collection: Photographs

Images

A photograph only shows a 2.5-ton bronze statue of Andres Avelino Duarte, located at 1600 Huntington Drive in the city of Duarte. Duarte was the Spanish rancher and soldier that owned the 7,000 acres of land that are now the cities of Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Irwindale. He called the area Rancho Azusa de Duarte.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: April 1, 2007

Pages: p. News 1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: April 1, 2007

Pages: p. News 1

Subjects: Duarte, Andres Avelino (1805-1863); San Gabriel Valley - history; Statuary; Statues

Item ID: 30644AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. David Alan Boots, Dec. 20.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: December 30, 1957

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: December 30, 1957

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Boots, daughter

Item ID: 16213AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photographic reproduction of front cover of the July 1921 issue of The Western Humanitarian, published monthly by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The cover features Anita Baldwin wearing a large hat with a flower in the middle.

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Date: July 1921

1 image

Date: July 1921

Subjects: Baldwin, Anita

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 284

Collection: Photographs

Images

Harry Snyder, 52, has set an American record for bench pressing 350 lb. in the Master's Division (50 to 55 years old) of the American Drug Free Powerlifting competition. He is profiled.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 23, 1993

Pages: p. H-16 photo; Hometown section

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 23, 1993

Pages: p. H-16 photo; Hometown section

Subjects: Snyder's Family Fitness see also Harry Sneider, Sneider's Family Fitness

Item ID: 151AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

War veteran Mike Velarde, 78, of Arcadia, tricked his Spanish-speaking mother into signing the paperwork to enlist in the U.S. Army at age 16. He had served in the Korean War. A photo of Velarde is shown in honor of Memorial Day. He remembers his wartime buddies who did not make it home alive.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 20, 2012

Pages: p. A4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 20, 2012

Pages: p. A4

Subjects: Memorial Day; Velarde, Mike; Veterans

Item ID: 33176AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bowling Square at 1020 South Baldwin Avenue, between Arcadia Avenue and Fairview Avenue. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

1 image

Date: April 2001

Subjects: Baldwin Avenue; Bowling alleys; Bowling Square

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2206

Collection: Photographs

Images

Automobile with sign on it reading:GENERAL CHAIRMAN. Man driving has on a pseudo-Spanish gentleman's hat. There are 4 people seated on curb watching this portion of Peach Blossom Festival Parade.

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Date: March 1949

1 image

Date: March 1949

Subjects: Peach Blossom Festival

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 544

Collection: Photographs

Images

Sign at the fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive reads: Arcadia County Park, County of Los Angeles. Fountain is visible in background. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain, later known as Peacock Fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

1 image

Date: April 2001

Subjects: Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2218

Collection: Photographs

Images

Slightly skewed view of the sign at the fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive reads: Arcadia County Park, County of Los Angeles. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain. Later known as Peacock Fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

1 image

Date: April 2001

Subjects: Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2219

Collection: Photographs

Images

Hugh Earle Buck, 87, a resident of Arcadia since 1921, died January 12, 1976. He was the former owner of Buck's Dairy Story.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buck, Hugh Earle

Item ID: 650AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Recreation Department Yo-Yo program. Boy on the left is demonstrating a yo-yo trick called "Rock the Baby." Girl on the right is holding a yo-yo. The champion awards sit atop a table between the children. The program might have taken place at County Park because "Co." is written on the back of the photograph. The year 1956 is engraved on the trophies.

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Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Awards; Children; Games

Physical Description: 4x4 b&w

ID: 1906

Collection: Photographs

Images

"The First Americans," Arcadia's float entry in the 1975 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. A bust of an unnamed American Indian dominates this tribute. Surrounding the sculpture is a copy of an Indian belt. The Indian head was the largest facial sculpture in Rose Parade history at that time.

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Date: January 1975

1 image

Date: January 1975

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1975

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1328

Collection: Photographs

Images

Students at Holy Angels School in Arcadia welcomed a returning Persian Gulf War veteran who had been the recipient of a letter written and addressed to "Any Soldier, Desert Storm."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Subjects: Persian Gulf War

Item ID: 2168AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

As part of the Veterans History Project, Bob Macy gives an interview to preserve his war stories and experiences. Bob Macy is shown in a photograph with the leather flight jacket he used as a B-24 co-pilot in the 8th Air Force based in England.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 13, 2004

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 13, 2004

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: Library of Congress; Veterans History Project; Oral History; War Storie; Macy, Bob; Soldiers; Interviews

Item ID: 29258AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. A memorial to soldiers killed in Iraq War provides a list of names and dates of death.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2006

Pages: p. 23

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2006

Pages: p. 23

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Colnot, Sergeant Kyle A.

Item ID: 31851AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Corey Nakatani, the only Japanese American riding professionally as a jockey in southern California, often races at Santa Anita Park, the same place where his grandparents were detained during World War II in the then Santa Anita Assembly Center. He is profiled.

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Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: February 16, 1995

Pages: p. J-12

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: February 16, 1995

Pages: p. J-12

Subjects: Santa Anita Park

Item ID: 4360AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A bronze statue of Andres Avelino Duarte, located at 1600 Huntington Drive in the city of Duarte, will be dedicated on March 31, 2007. Duarte was the Spanish rancher and soldier that owned the land that would later become Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Irwindale.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 30, 2007

Pages: p. Local 1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 30, 2007

Pages: p. Local 1

Subjects: Duarte, Andres Avelino (1805-1863); San Gabriel Valley - history; Statuary; Statues

Item ID: 30643AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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John McCoy in Spanish American War uniform.(He was a Rough Rider.) Identified for Library by his son, George McCoy, in 1978.

Images

Frank McCoy (1869-1935) pictured in bust-length studio photograph. He has a hat on with brim turned up all the way around. Identified for library by George McCoy in 1978. No other circumstances known.

Images

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. David Alan Boots, Dec. 20.

Photographic reproduction of front cover of the July 1921 issue of The Western Humanitarian, published monthly by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The cover features Anita Baldwin wearing a large hat with a flower in the middle.

Images

Harry Snyder, 52, has set an American record for bench pressing 350 lb. in the Master's Division (50 to 55 years old) of the American Drug Free Powerlifting competition. He is profiled.

War veteran Mike Velarde, 78, of Arcadia, tricked his Spanish-speaking mother into signing the paperwork to enlist in the U.S. Army at age 16. He had served in the Korean War. A photo of Velarde is shown in honor of Memorial Day. He remembers his wartime buddies who did not make it home alive.

Bowling Square at 1020 South Baldwin Avenue, between Arcadia Avenue and Fairview Avenue. Photograph by Terry Miller.

Images

Automobile with sign on it reading:GENERAL CHAIRMAN. Man driving has on a pseudo-Spanish gentleman's hat. There are 4 people seated on curb watching this portion of Peach Blossom Festival Parade.

Images

Sign at the fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive reads: Arcadia County Park, County of Los Angeles. Fountain is visible in background. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain, later known as Peacock Fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

Images

Slightly skewed view of the sign at the fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive reads: Arcadia County Park, County of Los Angeles. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain. Later known as Peacock Fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

Images

Hugh Earle Buck, 87, a resident of Arcadia since 1921, died January 12, 1976. He was the former owner of Buck's Dairy Story.

Images

"The First Americans," Arcadia's float entry in the 1975 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. A bust of an unnamed American Indian dominates this tribute. Surrounding the sculpture is a copy of an Indian belt. The Indian head was the largest facial sculpture in Rose Parade history at that time.

Images

Students at Holy Angels School in Arcadia welcomed a returning Persian Gulf War veteran who had been the recipient of a letter written and addressed to "Any Soldier, Desert Storm."

As part of the Veterans History Project, Bob Macy gives an interview to preserve his war stories and experiences. Bob Macy is shown in a photograph with the leather flight jacket he used as a B-24 co-pilot in the 8th Air Force based in England.

Obituary/death notice. A memorial to soldiers killed in Iraq War provides a list of names and dates of death.

Corey Nakatani, the only Japanese American riding professionally as a jockey in southern California, often races at Santa Anita Park, the same place where his grandparents were detained during World War II in the then Santa Anita Assembly Center. He is profiled.

A bronze statue of Andres Avelino Duarte, located at 1600 Huntington Drive in the city of Duarte, will be dedicated on March 31, 2007. Duarte was the Spanish rancher and soldier that owned the land that would later become Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Irwindale.